There’s a popular festive TV program in Japan called something like “Kinchan no Taikai.” It’s usually on around New Years, and it features skits by regular people with a theme of their choice. The auditioners compete for novelty and professionalism, and the top winning group usually walks off with about $20,000. This [...]
Oh yes it did. Hard. Leaving work a tad early Thursday for a 1.5 hour shinkansen ride towards the mountainside, Andrew and I pitched our tent in what felt like a refugee camp (though with a rainbow theme). It was unfortunate that it rained for most of the weekend; I had to [...]
Ran out of time while dying my hair today at my favorite hair stylist in Aoyama. There’s no way I could have kept the parting-line so straight if I had done it myself. Hopefully it’s festive enough for Fuji Rock next weekend. I wonder how my lab president will react when I [...]
Well, after Joi Ito’s experience with Apple’s new iSight, I jumped on the bandwagon and got my own. Setting up a broadcast server was a piece of cake thanks to Jim O’Connell’s posting. As much as I’d like to show the whole world my room, I think for now I’ll keep it to [...]
The BBC has a simple article detailing the recent flash mobs in Manhattan. Gen Kanai had a post about this a few weeks ago, which garnered a few comments. Maybe it’ll be touched upon at tonight’s bloggers meetup being held at the Pink Cow…
I picked up Cornelius’ new album, CM2 a few weeks ago during a stroll through Tower Records in Shibuya, and found a new (to me, anyways) group that I find hilarious. CM2 is a remix album of a number of popular songs, old and new, but one of my favorites is Garigari-kun by Denki [...]
After some crazy clanking sounds and more than a few hangs by my once-trusty PowerBook, I decided to do a bit of surgery and replaced the hard drive. The original drive is an IBM 60GB Travelstar (which is incidentally 12.5mm), but I replaced it with a Toshiba 40GB 9.5mm which I picked up on [...]
About 10 years ago, just about when I left Japan to be infused with a truly American education, Odaiba was beginning its transformation from dump/landfill to shopping center and entertainment complex(es). I finally made my rounds through this consumer paradise, albeit on a rainy day. At least the crowds stayed away! I [...]
It’s been said for decades, but unfortunately Japan still has a long ways to go for being such a developed country with a horrendous gender-equality framework. First this, and yet if anyone is truly surprised, maybe it’s because of this kind of mentality. Ugh.
Was walking home from T.A.C. after attending the Japan Stanford Association General Meeting, and snapped this photo of the old Porsche corner down Roppongi. I remember it being remodeled to Audi just before I left the country years ago, but now it seems even Audi couldn’t cover the full rent.
Now, I know we see [...]
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